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Mary listed her 9-year-old warmblood, Hank, for sale on several online horse marketing sites. In her sale advertisements, Mary described Hank as being well trained, able to take a joke, a push ride, clever, sound, and worth the money. After a few tire-kickers, Susan...

This article contains content that may be troubling for some readers. (animal abuse, death)“Mere Property” or Beloved Family Member? How does your state treat an animal owner’s emotional suffering or the pain and suffering of the animal itself, when a pet has been...

Liability for injuries to horses most often arises in the boarding/training or veterinary malpractice context. Having your horse at a boarding or training facility creates a bailment relationship between the stable and the horse owner. This relationship forms when a...

Does Your Unpaid “Working Student” Expose You to Liability Under the Fair Labor Standards Act? Many of the best and most successful trainers utilize “working students”, and more often than not, these trainers have at one point been a working student themselves....

Oral contracts are enforceable in most states depending on the subject matter of the agreement. Verbal contracts contain all of the same elements of a written contract, with the exception that the agreement has not been memorialized in a written document. In disputes...